1 Getting to Know the Workflow

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

Create a project and import footage.

Create compositions and arrange layers.

Navigate the Adobe After Effects interface.

Use the Project, Composition, and Timeline panels.

Transform layer properties.

Apply basic effects.

Create keyframes.

Preview your work.

Customize the workspace.

Adjust preferences related to the user interface.

Find additional resources for using After Effects.

This lesson will take about an hour to complete. Download the project files for this lesson,

following the instructions in the Getting Started section under “Accessing the lesson files and

Web Edition,” if you haven’t already done so. As you work on this lesson, you’ll preserve the

start files. If you need to restore the start files, download them from your Account page.